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Show i ) PRESS ASSOCIATION UTAH 467 EAST 300 ENHANCING: enhanced ENTRANCING: are High school students taking center stage this time of year, portraying characters ranging from the mysterious (Cyprus) to the entertaining (Granger), where shows open next week. See Page 4B, 5B The coffers SALT LAKE CITY UTAH 84111 i, churches are often that through may come in the form of a bazaar featuring a variety of items, many of them homemade. See Page 8B,9B fund-raiser- SOUTH narrow as high school gridders strive to stay action. Still in the thick of things ranger, Olympus, Murray, Judge. See Green Sheet Sports s post-seaso- -G- n ttw Volume 31, Number 42 Thursday, November Three Victors All Trailed In Primary Single Copy 25c A 7, 1985 Green Sheet Publication - EmmMey Rally Overtakes Mayor Maloney WEST VALLEY. With Mike Embley leading the way in the mayoral race, all candidates who emerged from the primary in second I place, turned their campaigns around and were victorious in general election balloting here on Tuesday. Embley pulled off the most impressive of the three trailing Mayor Jerry Maloney by a 1 margin in the Oct. 8 primary, but more than doubling the vote total of his opponent this week. In the District 2 race for a City turn-around- s, 2-- r i. Council seat vacated by Jay Jackson, Duane Moss duplicated the feat of Jackson four years ago by coming from second place in the primary to win the general election. Moss had trailed by just four votes in October. Janice Fisher captured the City Council seat in District 4 after trailing he leader in the primary by nearly 60 votes. The only race on Tuesdays ballot that did not have primary election City Counexposure was the cil seat to which Brent Anderson West Valley City Election Results Mayor 4,685 3,231 Embley Maloney City Council At-lar- Anderson Tovey 5,551 1,956 City Council District 2 1.226 930 Moss Evertsen City Council EMBLEY . . . Second in the primary, Milco Embley upset incumbent to earn position as West Valley's third mayor. r District Fisher 4 1,371 1,205 Nielson by a comfortable gained margin. When the oath of office is taken in January, four of the seven council positions will be occupied by different persons although there will be only three new faces. - In taking the reins as mayor, Embley will relinquish the seat he has held the past two years. The remaining two years will be filled through appointment by the council. In addition to the appointee, the other new faces will be Moss and Mrs. Fisher, who will succeed Jackson and Claude Jones, neither of whom sought Tuesdays turnout, although still far below the number of those eligible to vote, represented a marked change from the primary when just over 10 percent of the registered voters went to the polls. The general election produced 7,916 voters, about 23.9 percent of the more than 33,000 registered voters.. the primary. In his home area, Council District 1, emerged with a 1 margin in the general election, improving on his 2 edge in the primary. The district, the east end of the city, gave Embley more than a spread, 1,254-304-- 900-vo- 7. In Council District 2, which Maloney won in the primary by a spread, Embley roughly doubled the Maloney total, 1,468-744-- 3 In Council District 3, where Maloney more than doubled the When the council canvasses the ballot during its regular session tonight (Thursday), totals in the two e races are certain to change. City Recorder Kathy Kaumans explained that one of nine precincts in City Council District 1 is not represented in the unofficial returns. No change in the outcome of and Anderson-Tove- y the Embley-Malone- y races is expected, however, she observed. A breakdown of the totals in the mayoral race shows where Embley made significant strides in overcoming the deficit he faced coming out of ouput of Embley in the primary, the eventual victor produced a margin of victory in the general, 934-62- 3. When Embley finished second in the primary, the only council district he led in was his home area. Such was the case for Maloney in the general election. Council District 4, primarily the Hunter area in the citys far west section, gave Maloney a 2 margin, The districts in which there were City Council races produced the 3-- of highest percentage 3-- 2 1,558-1,02- voters. District 4 had 26.8 percent, while District 2 had 26.7 percent. In the District 2 race for City Council, Moss came up with a victory by less than a 3 margin, 1,226-93defeating Rick Evertsen who had come out of the primary as the leader by a mere four votes. The City Council race in District 4 was even closer. Just 166 votes separated Mrs. Fisher from Jack Nielson, who was the leader by 58 votes in the primary. 4-- city-wid- From Bennion, Taylorsville Areas ... predecessor, Duana Mots District 2 saat aftar ing in tha primary. s cap-lura- d trail- FISHER A City Planning Commission mambar, Janie Fishr won District 4 sat, overcoming deficit in primary. ANDERSON . . . Winning a second four-yea- r term on the City Council, Brent Anderson was election's top vote-gette- r. - Hearing Dated For Bus West Students East, Board Says City Hall Site In Granger Park ahead by Ralph H. Goff Green Sheet Staff Writer GRANITE PARK. Some high school students living in the Taylorsville and Bennion areas will be bused to Cottonwood high beginning next year. After considering the question for nearly three hours, members of the Granite Board of Education voted Tuesday to alleviate some housing pressures at Taylorsville high by phasing in busing for students living roughly between 3200 and 3800 West, and between 4700 and 6600 South. Changing demographic patterns have resulted in empty classrooms on the east side of the district, while of students on an the west is straining existing facilities. When you overcrowd a high school, a lot of things occur because there are too many students in a building to effectively use the facility, Superintendent John Reed Call Overcrowding affects explained. student opportunities. Utilizing a body count of move. e students, the proposal adopted Tuesday will affect 156 school sophomores in the 1986-8- 7 year, the busing will be phased in over a three-yea- r period, with 284 sophomores and juniors in 1987-8and 433 students in all grades projected to be bused in 1988-8There is no new growth taken into consideration in any of these figures, Dr. Riley ONeil explained to the board while presenting the administrations proposal. I see some holes not covered," patron Marge Barth told the board. Granger high school also has a difficult problem (with overcrowding) and I dont see this problem is being addressed at all (in the administa-tion- s package). By the Granger will be 1,000 students over capacity and Im concerned about what will happen. We need to really look at the entire situation as to what will happen in the 90s, she said. I appreciate the problems of overcrowding in the schools, but busing is just as adverse, Ralph Hays said. We have a problem with 8 mid-1990- the whole idea of busing. Saying students might be limited activities in the kinds of after-schothey may be able to participate in because they have to catch a bus, Hays noted extracurricular activities are just as important as academic pursuits. Jerry Fullmer pointed out even with busing the schools east of State Street are at 59 percent of capacity, with those west of State at about 92 percent. I dont think a ban-dai- d is what is required here. Youve ignored the west side for over 12 years, Bennion resident Donna Crase said. We need another high school on the west and we need it now. The problem is serious now. I will not see my children bused again under any circumstances more than a few miles. What consideration has been given to the fact that busing is an added tax to the family?. Denis Morrill asked board members. Anybody can take busing for a Chris short period of time, McDonald stated. What I want to know is if there are any plans to get these people back to a west side high school. Were trying to use the facilities the district already has, Dr. Call pointed out to the patrons. The number of students has just outstripped our facilities." "Why not sell an east side high school and use the money where it is needed now?," Mrs. Crase asked the board. Dr. Call pointed out there is no consideration being given at this time to the closure of an east side high school to obtain money to build a new west side facility, as Mrs. Crase and other patrons had suggested earlier. There is a misconception of the kind of dollars involved in the sale of a school, board member Lynn Davidson added. We only end up with about 10 cents on the dollar." Continued on page 6 Manager Acts - City Fire Services Study Set WEST VALLEY. Formation of a blue ribbon committee to look into the City Councils concerns toward employee and efficiency, productivity the Fire Departannounced by City management in ment, was Manager John Newman yesterday (Wednesday). Newman said that based on the ongoing concern of City Council members, the committee will study, in R-l-- R-l-- WEST VALLEY. The City Council is now having second thoughts about building a new city hall on the Granger park site. At Tuesdays work session, the council previewed a site plan for the proposed city hall and discovered that it would take as much as 80 percent of the park - much more than the 50 percent it originally expected. As a result of those revelations, the council will now hold its first public hearing on the matter. That hearing has been set for Nov. 21. C-- street Tonight (Thursday) the council will hold a number of public hearings, ranging from zoning requests to a hearing to codify all the citys ordinances into one manual. The session starts at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 2470 So. Redwood Road. Public hearings on tonights agenda : disposition of property at 2700 W. 4100 South, which was given to the city by the state; a street vacation of 2455 South, just east of Redwood Road; a parking ordinance admend-mena subdivision ordinance amendment concerning the requirement of concrete and masonry walls along property abutting arterial roads; and three zoning amendment requests. Those requests: a request to t; For Next Summer maintenance equipment totalling more than $90,000. Other business includes three appeals of Planning Commission decisions, which will ultimately result in public hearings. Those appeals have been filed by Holmes and Perry, which wants to change from low denand comsity to some multi-famil- y mercial use property at 4100 South and 4000 West; an appeal by Michael S. Costello who wants to establish a dump at 6950 W. 2100 South; and from the LDS church, which is appealing a Planning Commission ruling requiring it to build a concrete or masonry wall along an arterial roadway at the Hunter Copperhill stake at 6615 W. 4145 SOuth. The council will also hear an appeal by Toni L. Bowen, 6307 King Valley Lane, concerning a dog bite her son suffered; will consider a parks fee waiver from a Salt Lake County mental health facility and will read a resolution congratulating Granger high for qualifying for the state football playoffs. - Celebration Date Set By Committee depth: The usefulness, efficiency and effectiveness of Station 71 (4160 So. 6400 West), where indications are that there are fewer calls and fewer duties performed than at other stations. - - Effectiveness of Fire Department management. - Possibility of converting to an department. Possibility of partially converting to a volunteer department (one or more stations). - Contracting with a private company to provide fire services. - Possibility of forming a Public Safety Department. The committee named by Newman will have access to clerical and support resources of the city, as well as access to resources of the state and private entities in order for the report to the city manager be useful and in depth. Hoping to have the committee named in the near future, Newman said he anticipates receiving its final report by the first of the year. rezone from A-- l to 8 property located at 4505 So. 5400 West; a request to rezone from A-- l to 7 property located at 3455 So. 5600 West; and a request to rezone from 2 to M-- l property located at Research Way (2375 South) and Progress Street (1940 West). The council will also consider passage of resolutions to purchase by Lance Gurwell Green Sheet Staff Writer - - WEST VALLEY. Getting an unusually early start on plans for West Valley Days, a committee on Tuesday set dates for what is to become an annual celebration here. The committee designated June 27 and 28 for the celebration, which commemorates the incorporation of West Valley City in 1980. As was the case last summer, the bulk of the activities would be held on the second day, a Saturday, with some activity taking place the night before. Members of the committee again chose Bill Barton to serve as chairman, with Karc Leftwich as assis- tant. Barton said that plans call for adcelebrading other activities to the tion, in addition to duplicating many aspects of the one held last summer. Some members of the committee, he said, are exploring the possibility of conducting a Miss West Valley Pageant. Others, he pointed out, are looking into the potential of a week-lon- g retail promotion that would tie in with the celebration. Magna Board Meet Slated MAGNA. The monthly meeting of the Magna Water and Sewer Improvement District board of trustees will be held Wednesday, starting at 7 p.m. in the Magna Water Co. office, 8940 W. 2700 South. The agenda will include a report on the new treatment plant, an update of the Gann brothers lawsuit, a discussion of policy and procedure for trustees, the manager and employees, an appraisal report on property adjacent to the water company office and approval of the 1986 budget. v |